(vice-chairman) of the Seanad in 1928 but was defeated by Senator Patrick W. Kenny of Cumann na nGaedheal by twenty-seven votes to twenty-one. He was re-elected as a Fianna Fáil Senator at the 1931 Seanad Election for nine years and served until the abolition of the Seanad. He was again nominated for Leas-Chathaoirleach that year but again defeated. Moore would ultimately vote against the bill to which called for the abolition of the Seanad, though remained a member of the party. After the passage of Constitution of Ireland in 1937, Moore was nominated by the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera as one of his eleven nominees to the new Seanad. He remained a senator there until his death in Dublin in 1939, aged 85. Family He married Evelyn Handcock, daughter of John Stradford Handcock of Dunmore, County Galway and they had two sons, Maurice and Ulick. His son, Ulick Moore, served with the Sixth Battalion, Connaught Rangers during World War I, and was killed in action at Sainte-Emilie on 22 March 1918. Moore wrote a biography about his father entitled An Irish Gentleman, George Henry Moore: His Travel, his Racing, his Politics which was published in 1913, with a preface by his writer brother George. References Sources The Moores of Moore Hall, Joseph Hone, 1939 Dictionary of Irish Biography, pp. 651–52, Cambridge, 2010 External links 1854 births 1939 deaths 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) officers British Army personnel of the Anglo-Zulu War British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Connaught Rangers officers Fianna Fáil senators Independent members of Seanad Éireann Irish writers Members of the 1922 Seanad Members of the 1925 Seanad Members of the 1928 Seanad Members of the 1931 Seanad Members of the 1934 Seanad Members of the 2nd Seanad Members of the 3rd Seanad Moore family of Mayo Military personnel from County Mayo Nominated members of Seanad Éireann Politicians from County Mayo